Four panels showing apostles, presumably the painted side panels of the shrine of a winged altarpiece
c. 1460
Wood, tempera, gilt
St. Simon the apostle
Inv. 56.497
67.5 x 32.5 x .4 cm
Panels comprising the painted side panels of the shrine of a winged altarpiece. The wood panel support was later thinned. On the upper part the etched contours of the former carved, traceried appliqué decoration can be seen. On both sides the picture was framed by columns with small, thin capitals supporting the tracery. Originally this work appeared with three other panels (56.498, 56.499 and 56.500) also showing apostles on the feast-day side of the same winged altarpiece.
Provenance:
Acquired by Karl Lemann from Blasius Höfel in 1839 and then purchased by Arnold Ipolyi. “121. és 123. Két kis oltárszárnykép, deszkán; Szt. Bertalan és Szent Júdás (? fűrésszel). Aranyalapon. XV.-XVI. sz.” / ‘121 and 123. Two small altarpiece paintings, on wood boards; St. Bartholomew and St. Judas (with saw?) On gold ground. 15th and 16th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla-2012 279)
Restoration: 1980s
Bibliography
Verzeichniss-1839,7, 41 sz. – Bihar-vármegye 1898, 121, 123, 169, 173 – Frimmel-1914, 174, 180 sz. – O. Benesch: Bemerkungen zu einigen Bildern des Joanneums. Blätter für Heimatkunde 7/5 (1929), 66. – Pigler-1934, 130. – Genthon-1948, 128 .– Baldass-Buchowiecki-Feuchtmüller-Mrazek: Gotik in Österreich, Wien 1961, 62. – Stange-1961 XI., 68. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 158-159, 301. – Mucsi-1975, 21, 91. – Lakatos-Balla-2012, 279.
Panels comprising the painted side panels of the shrine of a winged altarpiece. The wood panel support was later thinned. On the upper part the etched contours of the former carved, traceried appliqué decoration can be seen. On both sides the picture was framed by columns with small, thin capitals supporting the tracery. Originally this work appeared with three other panels (56.498, 56.499 and 56.500) also showing apostles on the feast-day side of the same winged altarpiece.
Provenance:
Acquired by Karl Lemann from Blasius Höfel in 1839 and then purchased by Arnold Ipolyi. “121. és 123. Két kis oltárszárnykép, deszkán; Szt. Bertalan és Szent Júdás (? fűrésszel). Aranyalapon. XV.-XVI. sz.” / ‘121 and 123. Two small altarpiece paintings, on wood boards; St. Bartholomew and St. Judas (with saw?) On gold ground. 15th and 16th c.’ (Lakatos-Balla-2012 279)
Restoration: 1980s
Bibliography
Verzeichniss-1839,7, 41 sz. – Bihar-vármegye 1898, 121, 123, 169, 173 – Frimmel-1914, 174, 180 sz. – O. Benesch: Bemerkungen zu einigen Bildern des Joanneums. Blätter für Heimatkunde 7/5 (1929), 66. – Pigler-1934, 130. – Genthon-1948, 128 .– Baldass-Buchowiecki-Feuchtmüller-Mrazek: Gotik in Österreich, Wien 1961, 62. – Stange-1961 XI., 68. – Boskovits-Mojzer-Mucsi-1964, 158-159, 301. – Mucsi-1975, 21, 91. – Lakatos-Balla-2012, 279.
